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153 Cards in this Set
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nascent
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emerging
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longanimity
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patience
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ruth
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pity
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smirch
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sully
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abstruce
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obscure
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inamorata
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sweetheart
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currish
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snarling
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missive
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letter
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fantast
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visionary
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defalcator
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embezzler
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doyenne
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senior woman
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ebonite
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hard rubber
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tatterdemalion
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ragamuffin
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tacit
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understood
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abjure
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renounce
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lithesome
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limber
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concubine
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paramour
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potation
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drink
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premonitory
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warning
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vituperation
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verbal abuse
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liverish
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billius
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repletion
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surfeit
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efficacious
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effective
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prevarication
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lie
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homburg
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man's hat
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lancinating
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knifelike
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vociferous
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strident
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bachanal
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drunken revelry
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plenary
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complete power
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roily
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agitated liquid
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dynamo
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generater
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ostensible
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falsely apparent
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mooch
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cadge
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victual
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food
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decedent
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dead person
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veld
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grassland
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greensward
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turf
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silage
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fodder
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fulsome
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sickeningly excessive
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adjutant
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assistant
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parsimonious
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stingy
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firmament
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the sky heavens or the celestial heavens
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hostler
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stableman
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canvass
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solicit
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somatic
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bodily
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dray
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cart
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intransigence
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stubbornness
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writhen
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contorted
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quince
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fruit
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animus
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the masculine portion of a personality
the basic instinct |
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natty
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stylishly dressed
slang-prostitute |
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recumbent
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reclining
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roundelay
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song with a refrain
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treadle
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pedal
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omphalokepsis
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navel-contemplation
"self love" |
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firedrake
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dragon
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blue stocking
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scholarly woman
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doyen
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senior member of a group
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continence
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self restraint in ulinary, fecal and sexual matters
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troika
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threesome in Russian, refers to numerous objects and other things associated with a set of three, such as a dance
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filigree
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delicate metal ornamentation
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cogitation
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careful thought
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chiropodist
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foot doctor
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bullock
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ox
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grotty
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unpleasant, offensive
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rhizoid
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rooflike
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oakum
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hemp fiber
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antitussive
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cough reliever
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butte
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hill
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raiment
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clothing
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addlepated
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stupid and confused
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frigorific
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cool or chilling
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festal
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joyous
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blouvate
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speak pompously
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nephritic
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kidney related
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proselytize
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convert to a religion
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admonitory
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cautionary
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vesture
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clothing intend to work like a cloak
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connatural
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inborn
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deprecated
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to express disapproval of, or belittle
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enervate
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to weaken
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emminence
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a person of high stature
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avaricious
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immoderately desirous of acquiring
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rapine
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rape; the act of despoiling a country in warfare
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rapacious
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predatory and excessively greedy
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pusillanimous
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lacking courage, strength and resolution
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injurious
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harmful to living things, evil
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patrimony
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an inheritance by primogeniture
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sagacious
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acutely wise, adept at statecraft
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asseverating
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to affirm
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coppice
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a dense growth of bushes
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expostulate
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reason with someone for the purposes of dissuasion
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nebbish
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a weak willed or timid person
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arriviste
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upstart, a social climber
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chamfrom
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horses head armor
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swale
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a small, low tract of land between two higher areas that is frequently inundated with water
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stentor
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loud voiced person
From a warrior who died in a shouting contest with Hermes |
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credenza
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sideboard, sidecabinet
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penurious
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stingy, esp. for reasons of lack of wealth
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donnish
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academic
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tumescent
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swollen
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barcarole
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gondoliers song
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macerate
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to soften by soaking in a liquid
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interdiction
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authoritative prohibition
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saponaceous
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soapy
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coppice
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a dense growth of bushes
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expostulate
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reason with someone for the purposes of dissuasion
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nebbish
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a weak willed or timid person
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arriviste
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upstart, a social climber
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chamfrom
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horses head armor
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swale
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a small, low tract of land between two higher areas that is frequently inundated with water
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stentor
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loud voiced person
From a warrior who died in a shouting contest with Hermes |
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credenza
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sideboard, sidecabinet
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penurious
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stingy, esp. for reasons of lack of wealth
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donnish
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academic
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tumescent
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swollen
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barcarole
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gondoliers song
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macerate
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to soften by soaking in a liquid
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interdiction
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authoritative prohibition
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saponaceous
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soapy
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sophistry
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cleverly constructed but faulty reasoning
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peccadillo
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a petty misdeed
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scofflaw
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a repeat offender who ignores the law and court summons
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pejorative
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disparaging
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appelation
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wine growing region classification
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exegesis
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explanation of a biblical text
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isinglass
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mica
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precipitant
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hasty
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bibulous
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marked by the excessive consumption of alcohol
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tautology
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redundancy in point making
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salient
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prominent, outstanding
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pettifogger
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unscrupulous lawyer
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wheal
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welt
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corneus
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horn like
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cognomen
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nickname or epithet
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chimera
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illusion
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dhole
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wild dog
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affiance
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betroth
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scurilous
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vulgarly abusive
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waggish
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witty or joking
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evert
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turn inside out
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portend
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foretell
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veritable
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authentic
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carmine
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red
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plaint
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lamentation
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clarion
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shrill trumpet
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actuate
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incite
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rococo
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ornate
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foppish
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dandified
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ecru
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beige
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bole
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tree trunk
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egression
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emergence
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gimcrack
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cheap, tastelessly showy
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